| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 411372500 | Cap over the head | 46 |
| 20080286070 | Probe device for the docking station - The invented probe device comprises a base and a probe. The probe comprises a cap and an elastic member. The elastic member provides a force to push the cap ourwardly. The cap has a cylinder and a substantially slope peripheral at the top of the cylinder. The probe may further comprise a support, slidably connected with the cap. In the lower part of the support a notch is formed and screw threads are form at the side faces except at the surface of the notch. A fixing hole is provided in the base. The fixing hole has a recession so that the shape of the hole matches with the cross-sectional contour of the lower part of the support. A nut secures the lower part of the support tightly to the base. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090028663 | FASTENER COVER FOR LOW OBSERVABLE APPLICATIONS - The invention is a fastener cover for a fastener having a head and a shank portion, the head portion having a surface with a drive socket recess. In detail, the fastener cover includes a disc shaped member having first and second sides and having a surface area sufficient to cover the surface of the fastener head. The first side of the member having a recess in the shape of the drive socket recess in the center thereof such that when the member is placed on the head of the fastener the recess in the member is alignable with the drive socket recess. The second side of the member includes slit shaped opening extending to the first side, the slit in the shape of the recess in the first side. The cover includes a ring shaped layer of adhesive on the first side of the member extending about the periphery of the recess in the member. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090129886 | Surface cover with snap having a drill guide - The invention relates to method(s) and device(s) for accurately positioning and fastening a surface cover to the surface. A surface cover can be provided with a cover snap member that has a drill guide through which a hole can be drilled into the surface. The hole can be used to fasten a surface snap member, which snaps together with the cover snap member. The surface snap member can be attached to the surface through a separate screw. Alternatively, the surface snap member can comprise an integral screw that provides for self-attachment. The surface snap member can have a bore which aligns with the drill guide when the surface snap member and the cover snap member are snapped together. The user can snap the cover snap member and surface snap member and drill a hole into the surface through the channel formed by the aligned drill guide and bore. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100196119 | FASTENING STRUCTURE - An anti-theft fastening device for fastening an SBW motor externally mounted to a transmission case includes a bolt having a head portion and a threaded portion integrally formed with the head portion, a bottomed tubular bolt cover having an opening end, and a cap member closing the opening end of the bolt cover. The bolt cover has a through bore to have the threaded portion of the bolt pass through, a bottom portion abutting a bottom surface of the head portion of the bolt, and a grip portion projecting from an outer circumference of the bottom portion and surrounding a periphery of the head portion of the bolt. When the threaded portion of the bolt is screwed into a threaded groove of the transmission case, the bottom portion of the bolt cover is interposed between the bottom surface of the head portion and each fastening portion of a bracket portion. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110027044 | Tamper-proof nut or bolt head security cover - In a security cover, or system, for a fastener both (1) a step washer, and (2) a hollow cylinder rotating to the contained step washer, are affixed to a surface by a nut, or by a bolt head, that is to be protected from tampering. A (3) hollow cap fits loosely over the bolt head or nut, and is either (A) compressively forced upon the step washer, the cap being within cylinder that is then rotatable relative to the cap, step washer and nut or bolt head; or else (B) compressively forced into the hollow of the cylinder, therein to rotate together with the cylinder relative to the step washer and nut or bolt head. The (3) hollow cap may also be fit compressively over, as opposed to within, the cylinder. No matter to which component the cap fits compressively, and whether mounted to the interior or exterior of the cylinder, the outermost structure—normally the cylinder—(A) rotates freely to the bolt head or nut contained therein, (B) is, by action of the lock washer, highly resistant to becoming compressed so as to gain purchase on the enclosed bolt head or nut for malicious loosening and tampering, and (C) is, by its compression fit, highly resistant to removal. An optional (4) ring can be fit between the cap and the cylinder and into complimentary circumferential grooves on each. The rotating incompressible cover in three, or in four, parts provides permanent, unremovable, security to a bolt head, or a nut, from tampering. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110097177 | Ball mount having center fastener - A novel ball mount assembly having a semi-spherical mounting ball formed of a material which renders the mounting ball relatively radially compressible; an insert formed with a stand-off positioned to extend from an outer spherical surface of the mounting ball, and a counter-bore communicating with an outer spherical surface of the mounting ball substantially opposite from the stand-off, and further having an internal bore communicating between an opening in an end of the stand-off distal from the mounting ball and a seat of the counter-bore; and a fastener formed of a threaded shaft and a head positioned on one end thereof, wherein the threaded shaft is sized to extend from the opening in the distal end of the stand-off of the insert when the head thereof is seated against the seat of the counter-bore. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110116891 | Security Fastener For Wheels With A Recess Hole - A security fastener is for installation on a wheel having a recess hole. The security fastener includes a first end portion and a second medial portion. The first end portion is arranged so that it will be exposed outside, at or inside an entrance to the recess hole when the fastener is installed on the wheel, and has a security feature that resists fastener removal using conventional tools to grip the first end portion. The second medial portion has an external key-receiving lock pattern and is arranged so that a side wall region thereof will extend within the recess hole when the fastener is installed. The lock pattern is provided on the sidewall region and will be exposed outside, at or inside the entrance to the recess hole. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116892 | FASTENER WITH IMPROVED TORQUE BEARING SURFACE - Improved fasteners are provided for minimizing deformation in the corner region of the bearing surfaces. The bearing surfaces have a primary bearing surface and a recessed bearing surface. The primary bearing surfaces may be oriented in a hexagonal shape with opposing surfaces parallel to each other. The recessed bearing surface is disposed inwardly from the primary bearing surface and extends from the primary bearing surface to the end of the bearing surface. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110142568 | SNAP HAVING A DRILL GUIDE FOR SURFACE COVER - The invention relates to method(s) and device(s) for accurately positioning and fastening a surface cover to the surface. A surface cover can be provided with a cover snap member that has a drill guide through which a hole can be drilled into the surface. The hole can be used to fasten a surface snap member, which snaps together with the cover snap member. The surface snap member can be attached to the surface through a separate screw. Alternatively, the surface snap member can comprise an integral screw that provides for self-attachment. The surface snap member can have a bore which aligns with the drill guide when the surface snap member and the cover snap member are snapped together. The user can snap the cover snap member and surface snap member and drill a hole into the surface through the channel formed by the aligned drill guide and bore. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110274515 | Plugs With Dimensional Tolerance Absorbing Hold-In Surfaces - A plug offering a variety of dimensional tolerance absorbing properties providing for a strong hold-in plug force or outward pressure against the side wall of the drilled hole into which a plug is placed These properties come a textured surface produced by surface protuberances and/or recesses that are shaped and/or sized to provide the required hold-in force The positioning of the protuberances and/or recesses also contributes to the required hold-in force The protuberances may be ridges that make-up a series of radial concentric spaced protruding rings oriented perpendicular or parallel to the plugs axial direction of the plug The plugs come in a multitude of shapes including straight, tapered, concave, convex, stepped, wavy, any combination thereof, and/or free-form sides and round, elliptical, square, rectangular, oblong, triangular, polygonal, wavy, or any combination thereof bottom or top ends | 11-10-2011 |
| 20140154029 | Plugs With Dimensional Tolerance Absorbing Hold-In Surfaces - A solid plug, any chosen material, tapered to approximately one degree or un-tapered, having a three-dimensionally textured surface made up of elements imparted upon a surface of the plug causing the plug to exhibit a strong hold-in force of outwardly directed pressure against a side wall of a drilled hole into which the plug is installed keeping the plug within the drilled hole so that the plug does not protrude out of the hole preventing tripping hazards when the hole is drilled in walking surfaces all without requiring the addition of a glue, special tools, or special fasteners. The elements most often imparted on a circumferential surface of the plug comprise outwardly projecting protuberances or incised structures. The plug has a 30 second or less installation time. When the plug is a wooden plug its top end exhibits the wood's face grain. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20160201721 | Cap of Linear Guide Device and Linear Guide Device | 07-14-2016 |
| 411372600 | Having attaching or retaining means | 14 |
| 20080286071 | Fastener with interchangeable decorative elements - In some embodiments, a decorative fastener assembly is provided having a fastener with a receiving chamber. A decorative member having a minor shaft is insertable into the receiving chamber for attaching the decorative member to the fastener. The minor shaft can be threaded. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080292428 | License plate fastener - A two-piece, decorative fastener assembly for securing a license plate to a vehicle. The decorative fastener uniquely includes a threaded fastener for securing the license plate to the vehicle and a decorative cover that can be quickly and easily connected directly to the head portion of the threaded fastener. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100034614 | INSULATING COVER FOR FASTENERS USED IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS - A method and apparatus for an insulating cover for fasteners. In one advantageous embodiment, an apparatus comprises a washer and a cover. The washer is capable of receiving a fastener. The cover is capable of being secured to the insulating washer, wherein an insulating volume is created with the cover secured to the washer. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110070049 | FASTENER - A fastener includes a barrel for fastening to a mounting through hole of a first metal plate member, a screw member inserted through the barrel for threading into a screw hole of a second metal plate member to joint the first and second metal plate members together, a cap molded on the screw member for holding the barrel temporarily on the inside by means of friction engagement between the barrel and the cap, a spring member sleeved onto the screw member and stopped between the shoulder of the screw member and an inside annular flange of the barrel, and a C-shaped retainer ring fastened to the shank of the screw member to prohibit falling of the screw member out of the barrel. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20120155989 | SCREW COVER AND SEAL - A dome-shaped aluminum screw cover is adapted to be placed over the head of a self-tapping concrete screw that is used to fasten a metal structure to concrete on a house or building. A concave inner surface of the screw cover provides a space between the cover and the screw head for receiving a charge of silicone adhesive that bonds the cover to the metal structure and screw head, while also providing a watertight seal around the screw head that minimizes entry of moisture and corrosion of the screw. The screw cover is preferably of the same color as the metal structure so as to reduce its visibility while effectively concealing the unsightly screw head. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130051953 | PROJECTED BOLT IMPACT PROTECTION DEVICE - A projected bolt impact protection device configured to protect a projected bolt may comprise a cap having a substantially hollow vertical shaft with a first section configured to accommodate a portion of the projected bolt. Another impact protection device configured to protect one or more projected bolts may comprise a cap having a plurality of substantially hollow vertical shafts, each shaft configured to accommodate at least a portion of each projected bolt. Yet another impact protection device may comprise a cap having a substantially hollow vertical shaft, the shaft configured to accommodate the one or more projected bolts; a disk member configured to fit within the shaft having one or more vertical ports; and support means for supporting the disk horizontally within the shaft at an axial depth configured to provide for a portion of the projected bolts to extend through and protrude from the one or more disk ports. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130302108 | PIVOTING FASTENER COVER - A specialized fastener cover is suitable for attaching to a fastener used to attach one object to another. The fastener cover includes a decorative faceplate and a method of pivoting the faceplate between two positions. In one position, the fastener can be inserted into the two objects to hold the objects together, or can be removed from the objects to release them from each other. When the faceplate is pivoted to the second position, the decorative faceplate conceals the fastener. The fastener cover can be used to cover fasteners attaching a variety of objects to each other. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130336743 | MOUNTING HARDWARE - A hardware apparatus includes a base portion formed by a disc-shaped base plate and a cylindrical member. The cylindrical member includes a first threaded surface. The disc-shaped base plate includes a first opening and the cylindrical member includes a second opening, with the first and second openings being concentric. The hardware apparatus further includes a cap portion including a second threaded surface. The cap portion is attachable to said base portion through engagement of the first and second threaded surfaces. In one implementation, the first threaded surface is an outer surface and the second threaded surface is an inner surface. In an alternative implementation, the second threaded surface is an outer surface and the first threaded. surface is an inner surface. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140363255 | WHEEL MOUNTING BOLT AND WHEEL MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A wheel mounting bolt includes a male thread portion, a collar portion, an engagement portion, and a protruding shaft portion. The male thread portion has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in an axial direction of the male thread portion to be threadedly engaged, from the first end portion, with a female thread portion of a hub. The collar portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion of the male thread portion to fit into a bolt insertion hole of a wheel. The engagement portion is provided at the second end portion of the male thread portion integrally with the male thread portion to be gripped by a fastening tool. The protruding shaft portion protrudes from the engagement portion toward a direction opposite to the first end portion and is provided with male threads. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150063945 | Nut Plate Seal Caps | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150300397 | CAP WITH CHANNELS FOR FORMING A SEALED CAVITY AROUND FASTENER - A cap for forming a sealed cavity around one end of a fastener, the cap having a two-piece construction comprising an outer cap member and an inner cap member. A quantity of sealant is provided between the inner and outer cap members which, upon installation of the cap, is urged to flow between the inner and outer cap members and collect at the base of the outer cap member, to form a bead of sealant around the circumference of the cap, sufficient to adhere the cap to the structure when the sealant cures. A plurality of channels are provided between the inner and outer cap members to facilitate the flow of sealant. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150300400 | COMPONENT FOR FASTENING ON A CARRIER COMPONENT OF AN AUTOMOBILE - Component for fastening on a carrier component of an automobile, including at least one fastening element, with which the component can be fastened on the carrier component, wherein the component includes at least one through opening, wherein the at least one fastening element includes a flange section, also having a through opening, for abutting on a surface of the component surrounding the at least one through opening of the component, and an insertion section, extending from the flange section for a threaded bolt of the carrier component guided through the through openings of the component and the flange section, wherein the insertion section includes at least one catching device for catching on the thread of the threaded bolt, wherein the surface of the flange section facing away from the insertion section includes several projections and the surface of the component coming into abutment with the flange section includes at least one projection. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308484 | Decorative Functional Nuts and Bolts with a Method of Manufacture - Decorative solid piece fasteners and matching socket wrenches are provided. The decorative fastener with profiles in all three dimensions may be bolts or lock nuts. The fasteners may be used anywhere where a regular bolt head is not preferred to be visible. The fasteners may be used as decorative accessories in motorcycles or automobiles. The fasteners can be disconnected only with the matching socket and therefore the sockets may be disconnected only by the person who has the right socket and thus the fasteners have antitheft features. A method to make the fasteners is also provided. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150336520 | SECURE ATTACHMENT - A license plate attachment device includes a cap that covers a nut or a screw used to attach a license plate to an automobile or frame attached to the automobile frame. An anchor bearing anchors the license plate to the automobile or frame so that an outer periphery of the anchor bearing rotates freely while the anchor bearing is held tightly in place on the automobile or frame. The anchor bearing has a slot located at the outer periphery. The cap is secured to the anchor bearing using a first headless socket screw and a second headless socket screw. A socket size of the first headless socket screw is different than a socket size of the second headless socket screw. | 11-26-2015 |
| 411373000 | Attachable cap structure | 20 |
| 20100080667 | Protective cover for fasteners - A cover for the protection of large bolts and nuts, such as those used to secure wind turbine towers to foundations, from the weather. The protective cover may be tubular in shape and designed to be forcefully pressed over the bolt while ribs on the interior of the cover form an interference fit with the threading on the bolt. A larger portion located at the bottom of the cover protectively surrounds the nut and washer without touching either. The bottom can then seal against a surface, such as the surface of a mounting flange of a tower, to prevent the entry of corroding moisture. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110158765 | SECURING DEVICE - A securing device includes a cylindrical fitting with one open end and a hole in an endwall at the opposite end. The shank of a bolt extends through the hole and is threaded into a mounting hole, e.g., a standard VESA mounting hole on a television or monitor. A no-access cap fits over the head of the bolt, and a generally bar-shaped member used to secure the television or monitor passes through a hole or holes in the side of the fitting. The bar-shaped member prevents the no-access cap from being removed from the fitting, and the no-access cap blocks access to the bolt so that the fitting cannot be removed, thereby deterring theft of the television or monitor. Suitably, a kit is provided with at least one no-access cap and at least one bolt in each of a number of different sizes, e.g., standard VESA mounting sizes. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110305539 | Protective Cover Adapted For A Visual Aid - A protective cover for a wheel fastening member, said protective cover comprising a body having a top and a bottom, an internal hollow extending from top to bottom and surrounded by an adjacent internal surface and an external surface: the internal surface of the protective cover snugly fitting over the fastening member in use and the external surface comprising flanges to receive a visual aid for indicating the security status of the fastening member, said flanges including a gripping collar and a top collar having a plurality of vertical ribs extending therebetween to restrict the movement of the visual aid, wherein the protective cover protects the fastening member from corrosion and secures the visual aid therewith. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20130071204 | Fastener With Discrete Head Cap - A threaded fastener comprises a fastener body having a threaded portion, a tool engaging surface, and a head cap receiving bore. The head cap receiving bore has a head cap bearing surface and a head cap retaining surface. A head cap has a rigid base and a central stem extending from the base. The head cap stem is disposed in the head cap receiving bore. The head cap base has a body bearing surface in contacting or near-contacting engagement with the head cap bearing surface. The head cap base further has a head cap outer surface. A head cap retainer interconnects the head cap stem and head cap retaining surface. The head cap retainer comprises a material of sufficient strength and rigidity to retain the head cap on the fastener body in a high-strength, axially non-deformable interconnection that holds the head cap in a substantially fixed and immovable axial position. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130108395 | Fastener with Display Receptacle | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140161559 | DUAL PROTECTION CAP FOR BOLT AND NUT - The present invention pertains to a dual protection cap for a bolt and a nut. The present invention relates to a protection cap for a bolt and a nut, which is open at one side and covers a bolt and a nut so as to separate the same from the outside, and comprises: an outer cap and an inner cap are respectively injection molded with synthetic resin; fitting grooves, which are formed on the inside of the outer cap at a uniform interval in a longitudinal direction, are fitted and coupled with protrusion pieces, which are formed to protrude from the outer periphery of the inner cap at a uniform interval in a longitudinal direction; and triangular protrusion pieces are formed on the end portion of each of fixing pieces, which radially protrude from the peripheral surface of the bottom surface in the inner cap. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140241828 | BOLT HEAD COVER - A bolt head cover may include a polymeric shroud for fitting over a bolt head, the shroud may include an end part and a skirt depending from the end part and arranged to fit around the bolt head, and a hard tile within the shroud so as to be located between the bolt head and the end part. A bolt assembly may comprise a bolt with the bolt head cover bonded thereto. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140334897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING AND SEALING PORTIONS OF A ROOF STRUCTURE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SEALING ELEMENTS - A roofing sealing system and method is provided. The roofing nail seal is disposed substantially concentrically over a roofing nail. The roofing nail seal includes a body portion with an upper surface and a lower surface. An adhesive is affixed to the lower surface of the body portion for application to a head of the roofing nail. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150037118 | FASTENER - An improved fastener comprising: a screw element ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150300396 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY FOR INSULATION BLANKET - A fastener assembly for affixing insulation blankets to a substrate is provided. The fastener assembly includes an attachment member having a construction for affixing to a substrate as well as a first fastener member preferably in the form of a male threaded stud. The fastener assembly further includes a cap fastener. The cap fastener includes a cap member and a second fastener member preferably in the form of a female threaded extension for threadably affixing to the first fastener member. The cap member has an exterior side and an interior side. The cap member's exterior side preferably has a shape for rotation by a tool. Meanwhile, the cap member's interior side has a circular recess concentric with the cap fastener's female threaded extension. When assembled, the circular recess forms a circular insulating cavity between the cap member and an insulation blanket. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160169266 | SPARK CONTAINMENT CAP | 06-16-2016 |
| 411374000 | By screw means | 5 |
| 20100143068 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR AN ANCHOR ROD CAP - An anchor rod cap and method for protecting an anchor rod bolt/nut/lower flange assembly are provided. An anchor rod is provided having an upper tubular element adapted to be disposed about anchor rod threads and having an interior surface defined on a radius smaller than an anchor rod thread outer radius. A lower bottom enclosure is adapted to be spaced from an anchor nut located on the bolt. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20120288345 | T-NUT - A T-nut includes a cylindrical shaft section that opens at both ends and includes an internal thread at an inner peripheral surface thereof; a flange that extends outwardly from a first end portion of the shaft section; and a sealing member that seals the first-end-portion-side opening of the shaft section, and is formed of elastomeric resin. The sealing member includes a circular cylindrical portion and a dome-shaped cover, the circular cylindrical portion closely contacting the inner peripheral surface and opening at a first-end-portion side, the cover being formed continuously to an edge of the circular cylindrical portion at a second-end-portion side, a top of the cover facing the second-end-portion side, an outer peripheral surface of the circular cylindrical portion having an externally threaded long-and-narrow protruding portion that seals a space at a root of the internal thread. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130223955 | License plate security lock - A license plate security device comprises a spin barrel into which a license plate mounting machine screw is inserted. These are inserted into a spin barrel assembly with a closed bottom and an open top. The license plate is installed on the vehicle using at least one of these license plate security devices, more machine screws, and an ordinary screwdriver. A machined slug is inserted into the opened end of the spin barrel and secured by security set screw to keep from getting access to the head of the machine screw. With slug in place it helps keep out dirt, water, and rust. Removing the license plate now requires a security tool to remove the security set screw from the spin barrel and slug to access the head of the machine screw. Turning the spin barrel only will not remove the machine screw because it cannot transmit enough torque. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140294533 | Tall Toilet Bolt Cap - Decorative toilet bolt caps having and elongated tube positioned above an aperture are disclosed. The cap may be formed of a single unit of material. By virtue of having an elongated tube positioned above an aperture, the cap may cover a closet bolt having an unreduced length. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150345533 | MOUNTING HARDWARE - A hardware apparatus includes a base portion formed by a disc-shaped base plate and a cylindrical member. The cylindrical member includes a first threaded surface. The disc-shaped base plate includes a first opening and the cylindrical member includes a second opening, with the first and second openings being concentric. The hardware apparatus further includes a cap portion including a second threaded surface. The cap portion is attachable to said base portion through engagement of the first and second threaded surfaces. In one implementation, the first threaded surface is an outer surface and the second threaded surface is an inner surface. In an alternative implementation, the second threaded surface is an outer surface and the first threaded surface is an inner surface. | 12-03-2015 |
| 411375000 | Crimpable | 2 |
| 20140199133 | BOLT-HOLE CAP FOR BOLT HOLE IN LINEAR RAIL - A bolt-hole cap for sealing the bolt hole of a rail includes a top face and a bottom face from which multiple protrusions extend. Each protrusion extends radially from inner portion toward outer portion of the bolt-hole cap. Each protrusion has two side faces and an end face connected between the two side faces. The end face has a first width. When the bolt-hole cap is inserted into a bolt hole and the top face of the bolt-hole cap is in flush with the top face of the rail, the end face of each of the protrusions contacts the bolt in the bolt hole. The protrusions are plastically deformed toward the side faces and the end face has a second width which is wider than the first width, so that the bolt-hole cap has sufficient strength to keep the top thereof flushing the top of the rail. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140321944 | GUIDING DEVICE WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE INTERPOSED BETWEEN A DEVICE FOR FIXING COMPONENTS OF AN ASSEMBLY, AND A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING THE FIXING DEVICE - An assembly comprising at least two non-metal components which are fixed to each other using at least one fixing system. The fixing system includes a fixing device with a fixing element which is provided with a head and a rod, and a crimping ring which is in contact with one of the components. A protection device is a part of the fixing system which delimits a cavity for confining gas around a portion of the device comprising the crimping ring. In order to improve the repeatability of the operation for positioning the protection device, a guiding device is provided which includes an assembly element on the portion of the fixing device, and an element for guiding the protection device. | 10-30-2014 |
| 411377000 | Moldable | 2 |
| 20120219380 | INSULATED AND SEALED CAP FOR A FASTENER COMPONENT - An insulated, sealed cap overlies and protects a fastener component or the like on a substrate in association with a substrate opening. The sealed cap includes an outer cap component filled partially with a selected sealant material and assembled with an inner collet sized and shaped to fit with a slip fit about the fastener component such as a nut or the like at one side of a selected substrate, such as the skin of an aircraft. An inboard edge of the inner collet seats on and substantially seals with the substrate. The outer cap component is then displaced toward the substrate to extrude the sealant material into a thin and substantially uniform layer joined with an extruded outer bead on the substrate, and then permitted to cure. Tapered ribs on the inner collet effectively lock with the outer cap component during sealant material curing and subsequently. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20160138641 | INJECTABLE CAP - The present invention proposes a cap for forming a sealed cavity around one end of a fastener to thereby contain out-gassing and sparking events in the event of a lightning strike to the fastener. The invention also proposes a joint comprising such a cap, and a kit of parts and method for installing such a cap. A cap according to the invention comprises: an inner cap member having an annular base terminating at an edge which surrounds an opening into an air cavity for enclosing the one end of a fastener; and an outer cap member having an annular skirt or flange which extends radially outwardly away from the annular base, the annular skirt or flange and annular base between them defining an annular sealing cavity. The cap also comprises a sealing material inlet comprising an opening in the outer cap member that is in fluid communication with the annular sealing cavity, the opening being arranged to interconnect with a sealing material injection device to provide a flow of curable sealing material from the sealing material inlet into the annular sealing cavity. The inner cap member and outer cap member are welded together. | 05-19-2016 |
